by Shannon Popkin | Oct 4, 2023 | Ezra, Faith, God, Gospel, Podcast - Historical, 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, Judges, Podcast - Historical, Podcast 5, Salvation
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, Genesis, God, Gospel, Podcast - Torah, 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...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 2, 2023 | Change, Deception, Gender and Sexuality, Genesis, Genesis - Hot Topic, Humility, Pain, Podcast - Torah, Podcast 4, Rescue, Salvation, Sin, Teens, True Story of the Beginning
As a thirteen-year-old, Jessica innocently stumbled upon the world of pornography. She was lonely, and the porn chat rooms offered love and acceptance. And yet—similar to the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, pornography was not the harmless fruit Jessica...