by Shannon Popkin | Nov 30, 2024 | Bible as Literature, Podcast 9 Stand Alone, Podcast BONUS
Would you like to learn how to make a point without making an enemy? Would you like a compelling way to offer truth in a world of competing narratives? In this second part of my conversation with Gabe Hartfield, we talk about the power of crafting effective stories...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 27, 2024 | Bible as Literature, Podcast 9 Stand Alone, Podcast BONUS
“This one time, when I was twelve…” The next time you’re losing your audience, say this and everyone’s head will bob up. There’s something about story that captures our attention, isn’t there? And God—the author of the Bible...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 20, 2024 | Podcast 9 Stand Alone
What if we lifted our eyes more? What if we looked up from our screens and phones and took in the simple landscape? What if we made eye contact and actually noticed the people around us? Technology has given us ways to connect, but it’s also complicated our...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 13, 2024 | Podcast 9 Stand Alone, Rescue, Salvation
In the Bible, there’s always a door between God’s destruction and his deliverance. Some people try to blockade themselves and keep destruction out. But a much wiser approach—the one Rahab took—is to choose safety behind the door of deliverance that God...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 6, 2024 | Podcast 9 Stand Alone, Rescue, Salvation
What would God do if there was only one in a city of thousands, who wanted to be rescued by him? And what if that one person was a prostitute? On the Live Like It’s True podcast, we’re talking about the astonishing story of the spies God sent to...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 23, 2024 | Beliefs, Faith, Pain, Podcast 1 Stand Alone, Podcast 9 Stand Alone, Wisdom
How has God used a storm to show you that you’re not in control? And how has he used that storm to invite you to surrender control to Him? In this episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast, Kori Pennypacker of Bible2School.com and I are talking about the...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 9, 2024 | Podcast 9 Stand Alone
How do you expect the story to go, once you begin following Jesus? Do you anticipate bigger and better realities for your life? Have you considered suffering might be part of the equation? In this episode of Live Like It’s True, Amy Lively and I discuss...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 1, 2024 | Control Girl, Gospel, Salvation, Sin
I watched a little toddler lay completely face-down on at the end of my driveway the other day. His mom, who was holding the dog’s leash and pushing his stroller, stopped and waited, trying to coax him to get up and walk, but he wasn’t having it. She...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 25, 2024 | Comparison, Gifts, Hope, Parenting, Podcast 9 Stand Alone
What if that other mom is able to homeschool six kids and raise twenty chickens, plus make her own cheese, but you can barely keep up with the laundry for your one kid, and get him to school on time? On the Live Like It’s True podcast, my guest Lara...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 11, 2024 | Podcast 9 Stand Alone
Have you experienced a “Lifequake”? Perhaps an unwanted divorce, a job loss, a health or financial crisis? This week on the Live Like It’s True podcast, Tracie Miles and I talk about the context of Jeremiah 29:11—and what is and isn’t promised...