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 | Oct 4, 2023 | Faith, God, Gospel, Podcast 5, Rescue, Salvation, Sin, Witness
Suppose you’re traveling and you know there are thieves up ahead. You also know you’ve got lots of cash and valuables on your person. What should you do? This is basically the scenario we all face every day. We’re living in a dangerous world. Life...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 27, 2023 | Anxiety, Podcast 5, Salvation, Significance
Bigger is better, says the world. But God often takes groups from large to little. Why is that? This is what Rachael Adams and I are discussing on this episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast. We’re exploring the interesting story of God thinning out...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 6, 2023 | Faith, God, Gospel, Podcast 5, Rescue, Salvation, Sin, Witness
Does God care how I live? If He’s even real, could He make my life better? This story of Noah has all the answers to these questions and more. It’s not an easy story to take in, but it’s an important story and—unlike the people going about their...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 8, 2023 | Compassion, Gospel, Humility, Jesus, Podcast, Podcast Retelling, Salvation, Witness
Do you feel pretty inadequate, as a Gospel-Spreader? In this retelling episode, we’re looking back to the story from John 4, where Jesus interrupts his trip to Galilee to have a conversation with the least likely Gospel-Spreader: A Samaritan woman who had been...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 1, 2023 | Beliefs, Control Girl, Family, Gospel, Salvation, Sin, Witness
There was a Saturday evening at the Popkin household, over a decade ago, that was chocked full of sin. I had been engrossed in a project, dinner was late, and everyone was hungry, grumpy, and short-tempered (mostly me). So after we had eaten, Ken didn’t...