Stories from the Gospels
This Page categorizes episodes on the Live Like It’s True Podcast by Book of the Bible, and selected topics.
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Matthew:
Episodes on Stories found in the Gospel of Matthew
Overwhelmed? Here’s The Way Back To Vibrant Joy | Asheritah CiuCiu | Matthew 11 – Jesus’s Yoke
Have you lost your joy? Do you wake up tired and snap at your kids? Are you overwhelmed with all you must do? Asheritah Ciuciu, author and speaker, joins me for an honest conversation about how to live like it's true that Jesus's yoke is easy and his burden is...
Astonishing Faith Is Like A Puppy, Begging For A Crumb | Erika VanHaitsma | Matthew 15 – Canaanite Woman
Have you ever thought to ask God for just a crumb? Have you ever considered that the smallest piece of God's mercy is extravagantly more than what you need? Join us on this episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, where Shannon is joined by Erika VanHaitsma,...
The Surprise of Suffering and Empowering Truth | Amy Lively | Matthew 16 – Peter Confesses Jesus
How do you expect the story to go, once you begin following Jesus? Do you anticipate bigger and better realities for your life? Have you considered suffering might be part of the equation? In this episode of Live Like It's True, Amy Lively and I discuss Peter's...
The Truth About Comparison, When You’re the Mom with Less | Lara d’Entremont | Matthew 25 – Talents
What if that other mom is able to homeschool six kids and raise twenty chickens, plus make her own cheese, but you can barely keep up with the laundry for your one kid, and get him to school on time? On the Live Like It's True podcast, my guest Lara d'Entremont and...
How to be Happy, Minus the Envy and Comparison | Melissa Kruger | Matthew 20 – Laborers
Have you been comparing yourself? Are you envious of someone who has it "better" than you? In a story about envious grumblers who are comparing, Jesus invites you to be one of the happy ones instead. Guests: Melissa Kruger Bible Passage: Laborers in the Vineyard -...
Jesus’s Backward but Foolproof Way to Be Great | Kelly Needham | Matthew 18 – Greatest
"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 world. Want to learn the...
Jesus’s Warning About Your Obsession With Your Appearance | Heather Creekmore | Matthew 23 – Whitewashed Tombs
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...
That Dark, Good Friday, When It Looked Like Evil Won | Asheritah Ciuciu | Matthew 27 – Darkness on the Cross
Let's not rush too quickly past that moment when darkness covered the land, as the Light of the Word was slowly snuffed out. Oh, the agony of giving up his Spirit! Oh the love, as he did it. In this True Story of Easter Series, we're looking at several of the...
Mark
Episodes on Stories found in the Gospel of Mark
Introducing Jesus: What Happened When He Assumed Authority | Rachel Jones | Mark 1 – Unclean Spirit
Do I truly believe that Jesus has all authority over this world? If so, then why am I fretting? Why am I losing sleep? Why do I have this innate need for control? Rachel Jones joins me on the podcast to talk about the day Jesus's authority was challenged in the...
Jesus’s Revealing Question, “What do you want?” | Amber Cullum | Mark 10 – Blind Bartimaeus
"What do you want me to do for you?" When Jesus asked this question, first of his two disciples, and then of a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, their responses revealed their hearts. How would you answer? What might this reveal? Will you follow Jesus if you see a...
Jesus’s Proof that We’ll Get New Bodies in Heaven | Erika VanHaitsma | Mark 16 – Resurrection Morning
Have you thought about your funeral lately? What if your funeral wasn't the end of your story? What if you knew there was life to be lived afterward, and that you'd get a new body someday? Would it make a difference in how you lived today? In this episode, Erika...
Luke
Episodes on Stories found in the Gospel of Luke
When You Get The Miracle but Forgo Gratefulness | Allison Brost | Luke 17 – Leper
When your heart is breaking, what does it look like to notice God's goodness? Can gratitude grow in the soil of deep grief? In this episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, I'm talking with Allison Brost—who lost a child—about how grief and gratitude can...
Lessons from Mary on Daring to Surrender Control | Kristi Huseby | Luke 1 – Mary
What are you trying to control? How is it affecting your relationships with people and with God? Kristi Huseby joins me on the Live Like It's True podcast to talk about the story of the Mary and the angel. We'll consider Mary's great risk as she dared to surrender...
The Powerful Habit of Lifting Our Eyes to See Others | Brenda Yoder | Luke 10 – Good Samaritan
What if we lifted our eyes more? What if we looked up from our screens and phones and took in the simple landscape? What if we made eye contact and actually noticed the people around us? Technology has given us ways to connect, but it's also complicated our...
When She Has More Wealth And I Want What’s Fair | Lydia Brownback | Luke 12 – Bigger Barns
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 barns. I'm so...
The Right and Wrong Way to Compare Sin | Lindsay Schott | Luke 18 – Pharisee
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 comparing...
The Truth From Jesus When You Compare Sin | Tasha Calvert | Luke 7 – Two Debtors
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 was...
Saying Yes to Mercy Opportunities is Risky but Good | Amy DiMarcangelo | Luke 10 – Good Samaritan
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...
When You See Jesus, Your Bible Appetite Grows | Kristen Wetherell | Luke 24 – Emmaus
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 on...
Breakthrough Faith After Chronic Suffering and Hopelessness | Hope Blanton & Christine Gordon | Luke 8 – Bleeding Woman
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, we're...
Sharing the True Story of Easter | Karlena de la Cruz | Luke 24 – Sharing the True Story of Easter
Have you shared the true story of the Bible with anyone lately? Would you like to, but need a little help getting started? If so, you're in the right place. Our goal, here on Live Like It's True, is not only to know and live the true story of the Bible, but also...
Sinful People, and the Long-Awaited Lamb of Fulfillment | Erin Davis | Luke 22 – Last Supper
If you were invited to a special dinner party, where the honored guests gathering around the table are all friends of Jesus who will be participating in a symbolic reenactment of the most important day in the history of the world, would you go? What I've just...
John
Episodes on Stories found in the Gospel of John
Jesus: A Bettering Life Hack Or Satisfying Like Bread? | Felicity Carswell & Sarah Dargue | John 6 – Disciples Leave
Do you approach Jesus like a life hack? Do you come to him, hoping he'll solve your problems? Or you you approach Jesus like soul-satisfying bread? On today's episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, Shannon is joined by Felicity Carswell and Sarah Dargue, from...
Jesus’s Assurance & Challenge for a Wounded Doubter | Dr. Michelle Bengtson | John 20 – Thomas
Have you ever doubted that the Bible is true? That people could rise from the dead? That Jesus is really God? Today on the Live Like It's True podcast, Dr. Michelle Bengtson and I are talking about a wounded doubter named Thomas, and how Jesus responded. Find out...
The Story that Will Make You Re-Think Your Scars | Dr. Michelle Bengtson | John 20 – Jesus Appears
Have you ever tried to hide your scars? And what about your hidden scars on the inside? Do you try to cover over the most painful parts of your life? And have you looked forward to having no scars in heaven? Today on the Live Like It's True podcast, Dr. Michelle...
How Jadedness Blinds You and Simple Faith Makes You See | Melissa Spoelstra | John 9 – Blind Man
How has your jadedness kept you from seeing clearly? And how could simple faith open your eyes to the truth? In this episode on the Live Like It's True Podcast, Melissa Spoelstra and I are talking about a story in the Bible, where people were divided on how they...
God, If You Love Me, Why is This Happening? | Vaneetha Risner | John 11 – Lazarus
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 questions straight to...
Jesus Under Arrest, Yet in Complete Control | Lindsay Schott | John 18 – The Arrest of Jesus
When somebody is being arrested, who's the person with the power? Who seems to be in control? Ordinarily, you'd think it was the guy putting the handcuffs on, right? Not the one with his hands behind his back. But when Jesus of Nazareth comes out into the open and...
How to Fuel Your Faith with the Story of Judas | Lee Nienhuis | John 12 – Judas
Have you ever watched someone betray Jesus? Have you felt the pain and shock of watching someone among you—someone who seemed to be a follower of God—turn against Him? This can be confusing and disorienting, but what if it's true that Jesus knows exactly what is in...
Funeral Sorrow and the Best Plot Twist Ever | Mary Kassian | John 11-12 – Mary + Martha
Are you going through something really painful right now? Are you wondering, "Why, Jesus? Why didn't you intervene?" There are two sisters named Mary and Martha, in our story today, who are asking that very question after the death of their brother, Lazarus. As we...
Parables
Episodes on Parables found in the four gospels.
The Powerful Habit of Lifting Our Eyes to See Others | Brenda Yoder | Luke 10 – Good Samaritan
What if we lifted our eyes more? What if we looked up from our screens and phones and took in the simple landscape? What if we made eye contact and actually noticed the people around us? Technology has given us ways to connect, but it's also complicated our...
The Truth About Comparison, When You’re the Mom with Less | Lara d’Entremont | Matthew 25 – Talents
What if that other mom is able to homeschool six kids and raise twenty chickens, plus make her own cheese, but you can barely keep up with the laundry for your one kid, and get him to school on time? On the Live Like It's True podcast, my guest Lara d'Entremont and...
When She Has More Wealth And I Want What’s Fair | Lydia Brownback | Luke 12 – Bigger Barns
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 barns. I'm so...
The Truth From Jesus When You Compare Sin | Tasha Calvert | Luke 7 – Two Debtors
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 was...
Jesus’s Warning About Your Obsession With Your Appearance | Heather Creekmore | Matthew 23 – Whitewashed Tombs
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...
Saying Yes to Mercy Opportunities is Risky but Good | Amy DiMarcangelo | Luke 10 – Good Samaritan
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...
Jesus’s Comparison Stories
Episodes on Jesus’s Comparison Stories, found in the four gospels.
When She Has More Wealth And I Want What’s Fair | Lydia Brownback | Luke 12 – Bigger Barns
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 barns. I'm so...
How to be Happy, Minus the Envy and Comparison | Melissa Kruger | Matthew 20 – Laborers
Have you been comparing yourself? Are you envious of someone who has it "better" than you? In a story about envious grumblers who are comparing, Jesus invites you to be one of the happy ones instead. Guests: Melissa Kruger Bible Passage: Laborers in the Vineyard -...
The Right and Wrong Way to Compare Sin | Lindsay Schott | Luke 18 – Pharisee
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 comparing...
Jesus’s Backward but Foolproof Way to Be Great | Kelly Needham | Matthew 18 – Greatest
"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 world. Want to learn the...
The Truth From Jesus When You Compare Sin | Tasha Calvert | Luke 7 – Two Debtors
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 was...
Jesus’s Warning About Your Obsession With Your Appearance | Heather Creekmore | Matthew 23 – Whitewashed Tombs
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...
How Teens Can Thrive in a World of Comparison | Lee Nienhuis | Share the Story – Youth Materials
Why do I compare myself to others? And how can I stop? Maybe your teen hasn't said this out loud, but there's a good chance she's thinking it. When a teen walks into a room, statistics show that there's an 80% chance she believes she doesn't belong there. She...
Easter
Episodes on the True Story of Easter, found in the four gospels.
Jesus’s Proof that We’ll Get New Bodies in Heaven | Erika VanHaitsma | Mark 16 – Resurrection Morning
Have you thought about your funeral lately? What if your funeral wasn't the end of your story? What if you knew there was life to be lived afterward, and that you'd get a new body someday? Would it make a difference in how you lived today? In this episode, Erika...
That Dark, Good Friday, When It Looked Like Evil Won | Asheritah Ciuciu | Matthew 27 – Darkness on the Cross
Let's not rush too quickly past that moment when darkness covered the land, as the Light of the Word was slowly snuffed out. Oh, the agony of giving up his Spirit! Oh the love, as he did it. In this True Story of Easter Series, we're looking at several of the...
Sharing the True Story of Easter | Karlena de la Cruz | Luke 24 – Sharing the True Story of Easter
Have you shared the true story of the Bible with anyone lately? Would you like to, but need a little help getting started? If so, you're in the right place. Our goal, here on Live Like It's True, is not only to know and live the true story of the Bible, but also...
Jesus Under Arrest, Yet in Complete Control | Lindsay Schott | John 18 – The Arrest of Jesus
When somebody is being arrested, who's the person with the power? Who seems to be in control? Ordinarily, you'd think it was the guy putting the handcuffs on, right? Not the one with his hands behind his back. But when Jesus of Nazareth comes out into the open and...
How to Fuel Your Faith with the Story of Judas | Lee Nienhuis | John 12 – Judas
Have you ever watched someone betray Jesus? Have you felt the pain and shock of watching someone among you—someone who seemed to be a follower of God—turn against Him? This can be confusing and disorienting, but what if it's true that Jesus knows exactly what is in...
Sinful People, and the Long-Awaited Lamb of Fulfillment | Erin Davis | Luke 22 – Last Supper
If you were invited to a special dinner party, where the honored guests gathering around the table are all friends of Jesus who will be participating in a symbolic reenactment of the most important day in the history of the world, would you go? What I've just...
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