by Shannon Popkin | Jun 12, 2024 | Luke, Podcast - Parables and Metaphors, Podcast 7 Comparison
Why does she have more? Why do I have less? And what does Jesus say, when I want what’s fair? In this episode of the Live Like It’s True Podcast, we’re looking at a story Jesus told in response to these very questions—the parable about the bigger...
by Shannon Popkin | May 15, 2024 | Comparison, Compassion, Disgust, Humility, Luke, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast 7 Comparison, Wisdom
Have you ever felt unworthy, because of your sin? Or have you every tried to comfort yourself by comparing with someone who sinned in worse ways that you? In this series, we’re looking at comparison stories that Jesus told, and this one is a story about...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 24, 2024 | Comparison, Disgust, Forgiveness, Hospitality, Humility, Luke, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast - Parables and Metaphors, 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 | Jan 24, 2024 | Luke, Podcast - Parables and Metaphors, Podcast 6 J Term
Refugees. Trafficking victims. Addicts. Adoption. Homeless. When faced with opportunities to show extravagant mercy, we think, But what if I go into debt? This could be a trap. If I bring her into my home, will we be safe? What if there’s corruption? Yet what...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 20, 2023 | Christian Growth, Jesus, Luke, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast 5
What would happen if you looked for Jesus on all the pages of your Bible? Would you read it differently? Would it satisfy your hunger more? On this episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast, Kristen Wetherell and I are exploring the story of the two disciples...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 13, 2023 | Faith, Luke, Pain, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast 5, Suffering
Have you experienced chronic illness or longtime suffering? Or maybe you know someone who has experienced the isolation and hopelessness of having no where else to turn. It can feel like God has forgotten you, or his back is turned to you. But in this story,...