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 | May 1, 2024 | Matthew, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast 7 Comparison
“Which of us is the greatest, Jesus?” Jesus’s response to the disciples might surprise you, but it also might bright you comfort and peace. There’s a foolproof way to be great in the kingdom of God, and it’s backward from the way of the...
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 | Apr 17, 2024 | Christian Growth, Comparison, Differences, Humility, Matthew, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast - Parables and Metaphors, Podcast 7 Comparison, Problems
What would Jesus say about your efforts to get healthy? When you wake up in the morning, is your first thought about what you ate the night before? Has your lifelong obsession been to finally like what you see in the mirror? With the launch of Comparison Girl for...
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 | Nov 29, 2023 | Faith, God, Hardship, John, Pain, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast 5, Popular Podcast Episodes, Rescue, Suffering
Why, God? Why haven’t you shown up for me? If you love me, God, how could you let this happen to me? Have you ever asked questions like these? In today’s episode on the Live Like It’s True podcast, we’re going to invite you to bring your...