by Shannon Popkin | Feb 26, 2025 | Faith, Hardship, Hospitality, Pain, Pod 10, Podcast 10, Rescue, Suffering
When is the last time someone has been surprisingly kind? And how did you respond to that kindness? On today’s episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast, Kristin Couch joins Shannon to talk about the story of Paul’s shipwreck with a boat full of...
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 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 | Apr 24, 2024 | Comparison, Disgust, Forgiveness, Hospitality, Humility, Podcast 7 Comparison, Salvation, Shame, Sin
What if Jesus could read your thoughts about other people’s sins? And what about your own sins? Do you have shameful secrets that seem too awful to even confess? In this episode, we’re going to consider a story Jesus told at a dinner party where someone...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 24, 2024 | Adult Children, Faith, Forgiveness, Hardship, Miracles, Podcast 8 Sarah, Witness
When Sana when through the trauma of almost losing her nineteen-year-old son in a car crash, she did the unexpected: she shared the forty-three day experience on social media and asked the world to pray that God would do the impossible. Why? Because—as she says—then,...