Unpolished but Called
By Kathrin Shaffer
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Unpolished but Called is a raw, honest Christian podcast for believers who love Jesus but don't have it all together. Hosted by author Kathrin Shaffer. Each episode explores faith in real life - the doubts, the obedience, the quiet growth, and the grace that meets us there. No hype. No perfection. Just truth, Scripture, and hope for the everyday walk. Books, resources and other information can be found https://linktr.ee/unpolishedbutcalled
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S2 E174: When God Changes the Assignment
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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S2 E173: Get Out of the Shaker
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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S2 E172: When Perfectionism Looks Like Holiness
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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S2 E171: Scared Doesn’t Mean Stop
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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S2 E170: Why Do We Need to Hear What God Has Done for Other People?
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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S2 E169: Are You Protecting the Person—or Protecting the Pattern?
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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S2 E168: Do Christians Have to Explain Every Boundary?
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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S2 E167: Can You Be a Christian Witch?
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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S2 E166: What God Taught Me in One Year of Showing Up
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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S2 E165: Can You Be Angry With a God You Don’t Believe In?
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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S2 E164: Are We Using “Lukewarm Christian” Wrong?
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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S2 E163: Did They Leave the Church—or Just Your Church?
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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S2 E162: Is “I’m Sorry” Actually an Apology?
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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S2 E161: Why do some Christian women still have mean girl energy?
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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S2 E160: When Righteous Anger Meets Your Last Nerve
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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S2 E159: Is God Asking You to Help or Are You Trying to Control the Outcome?
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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S2 E158: When Does “Protecting People” Become Sowing Discord?
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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S2 E157: What Happens When the Strong One Can’t Be Strong Anymore?
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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S2 E156: What If This Isn’t the End of Your Story?
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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S2 E155: What Does God Ask of a Pastor?
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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S2 E154: The People God Entrusted to You
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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S2 E153: Can Church Happen Through a Screen?
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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S2 E152: The God We Like vs. The God Who Is
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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S2 E151: If You're Going to Complain... Then What?
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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S2 E150: Have We Lost the Ability to Blush?
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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S2 E149: When Does Concern Become Gossip?
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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S2 E148: Can You Really Sell Your Soul?
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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S2 E147: Why Do We Rush Past God's Blessings?
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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S2 E146: Who Told You That You Were the Black Sheep?
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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S2 E145: Can a Sermon Really Convict You?
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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S2 E144: The Side of the Tapestry We Never See
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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S2 E143: When We Turn Preference Into Doctrine
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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S2 E142: When God's Answers Bring Responsibility
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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S2 E141: Why Is It Easier to Assume Than to Ask?
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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S2 E140: When God's Answers Bring Responsibility
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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S2 E139: Why Doesn’t God Stop Everything Bad From Happening?
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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S2 E138: Do I Doubt God or Do I Doubt Myself?
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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S2 E137: Why Does Disagreement Feel So Personal?
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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S2 E136: Why Do We Need to Have an Opinion on Everything?
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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S2 E135: Why Are We So Quick to Assume the Worst?
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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S2 E134: Are We Listening to Understand or Just Waiting to Respond?
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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S2 E133: Why Are We So Busy Fixing Everyone Else?
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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S2 E132: Why Do We Keep Moving the Finish Line?
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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S2 E131: Can Christians Be Ambitious Without Losing the Plot?
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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S2 E130: Why Is Someone Else's Blessing So Hard to Celebrate?
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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S2 E129: Why Do Christians Treat Confidence Like Pride?
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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S2 E128: What Happens When God Changes Your Direction?
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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S2 E127: Why Do Christians Make Everything So Complicated?
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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S2 E126: Why Does Everyone Online Sound Like a Bible Expert?
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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S2 E125: Why Are Christians So Uncomfortable With Mental Health?
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May 29, 2026 |
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S2 E124: Why Are Christians Afraid To Ask Questions?
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May 27, 2026 |
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S2 E123: Why Are Christians So Quick To Pick Sides?
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May 25, 2026 |
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S2 E122: When Christians Disappoint You… Now What?
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May 22, 2026 |
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S2 E121: Can We Stop Putting Christians On Pedestals?
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May 20, 2026 |
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S2 E120: Why Do So Many Christians Feel Lonely?
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May 18, 2026 |
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S2 E119: I Don’t Want the Noise Anymore
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May 15, 2026 |
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S2 E118: I Did Nothing All Day… and That Was the Point
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May 13, 2026 |
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S2 E117: The World Didn't Stop...But Mine Did
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May 11, 2026 |
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S2 E116: Forgiveness Doesn’t Mean Access
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May 08, 2026 |
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S2 E115: Planting Seeds or Crushing Them?
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May 06, 2026 |
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S2 E114: Identity in Christ?
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May 04, 2026 |
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S2 E113: It’s Not the Devil… It’s Your Phone
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May 01, 2026 |
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S2 E112: Lesson or Blessing
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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S2 E111: That Voice Isn’t Random
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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S2 E110: Sounds Right...Isn't Truth
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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S2 E109: He Wants Our Heart
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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S2 E108: What Is The Gospel For?
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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S2 E107: There's No Right Way to Pray
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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S2 E106: Do the Scary Thing Anyway
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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S2 E105: Doing It Anyway
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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S2 E104: No Change Is a Red Flag
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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S2 E103: Conviction Isn't Condemnation
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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S2 E102: Grace Isn't Permission
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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S2 E101: Saved...But Still Sinning?
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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S2 E100: What Actually Matters
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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S2 E99: Your Faith Changed...Now What?
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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S2 E98: We Stay the Same Longer Than We Admit
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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S2 E97: Comfortable Jesus
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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S2 E96: When You Don't Feel Convicted Anymore
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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S2 E95: The Work You Don't See Yet
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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S2 E94: Following Jesus Feels Backwards
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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S2 E93: The Weird Parts of the Bible
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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S2 E92: Walking Through the Quiet Season
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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S2 E91: The Reality of Following Jesus
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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S2 E90: The Lies Christians Believe
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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S2 E89: When Faith Changes You
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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S2 E88: The Subtle Lies We Tell Ourselves About God
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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S2 E87: Faith Isn't Always a Feeling - and That's Okay
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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S2 E86: Strength That Doesn’t Feel Loud
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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S2 E85: Loved Even When We Are Tired
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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S2 E84: Love After the Pause
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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S2 E83: Truth is Heavy...but Grace Holds Steady
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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S2 E82: Biblical Not Popular
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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S2 E81: Sanctified but Still Petty
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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S2 E80: Wolves in Sheep Clothing: The Spirit of Disunity
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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S2 E79: Why I Do This Podcast
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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S2 E78: Rory Paquette Interview
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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S2 E77: The Pressure to Feel Ready
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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S2 E76: Staying When It Would Be Easier to Restart
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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S2 E75: God Works in the Slow
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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S2 E74: Obedience Without Clarity
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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S2 E73: Faith When Motivation is Frozen
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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S2 E72: You Are Not Late
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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S2 E71: Why I Feel Spiritually Behind
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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S2 E70: Showing Up Is Not Failure
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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S2 E69: Faith Without Fireworks
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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S2 E68: God Didn't Reset Me at Midnight
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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S2 E67: Still Standing
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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S1 E66: Still Here
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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S1 E65: What the Apostles Taught Us
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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S1 E64: 12 Apostle Series: Judas Iscariot
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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S1 E63: 12 Apostle Series: Simon the Zealot
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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S1 E62: 12 Apostle Series: Thaddaeus
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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S1 E61: 12 Apostle Series: James of Alphaeus
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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S1 E60: 12 Apostle Series: Thomas
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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S1 E59: 12 Apostle Series: Matthew
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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S1 E58: 12 Apostle Series: Nathanael
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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S1 E57: 12 Apostle Series: Philip
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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S1 E56: 12 Apostle Series: John
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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S1 E55: 12 Apostle Series: James (Son of Zebedee)
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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S1 E54: 12 Apostle Series: Andrew
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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S1 E53: 12 Apostle Series: Peter
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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S1 E52: The King's Wisdom: The Book That Started It All
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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S1 E51: The Proverbs 31Woman: What We Got Wrong
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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S1 E50: If It's Really God, It Won't Need Manipulation
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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S1 E49: The War Within
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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S1 E48: Beauty for Ashes: Mom's Third Heavenly Birthday
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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S1 E47: No Room For You
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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S1 E46: Biblical Not Popular
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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S1 E45: The Day After Remembering
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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S1 E44: Footprints in the Sand
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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S1 E43: Wolves in Sheep Clothing: The Spirit of Disunity
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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S1 E42: The Monday-iest Tuesday of 2025
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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S1 E41: Grief Is A Funny Thing
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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S1 E40: Jesus Take The Wheel - For Real This Time
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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S1 E39: Surrender Is Not My Strong Suit
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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S1 E38: If Jesus Can Love Me, There Is Hope For You
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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S1 E37: Why I Do This Podcast
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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S1 E36: Your Trauma Isn't a Trump Card for Disobedience
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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S1 E35: Sanctified but Still Petty
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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S1 E34: I'm not Mad, I'm Convicted (Probably)
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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S1 E33: Series: Christianese Confessions Part 5
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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S1 E32: Series: Christianese Confessions Part 4
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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S1 E31: Series: Christianese Confessions Part 3
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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S1 E30: Series: Christianese Confessions Part 2
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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S1 E29: Series: Christianese Confessions Part 1
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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S1 E28: Series: Things Jesus Never Said Part 5
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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S1 E27: Series: Things Jesus Never Said Part 4
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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S1 E26: Series: Things Jesus Never Said Part 3
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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S1 E25: Series: Things Jesus Never Said Part 2
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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S1 E24: Series: Things Jesus Never Said Part 1
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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S1 E23: Your Calling Won't Clout You
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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S1 E22: Faith Doesn't Always Feel Like Winning
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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S1 E21: Jesus Isn't a Vending Machine
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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S1 E20: Don't Let Monday Blow Out Your Sunday Flame
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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S1 E19: Fan the Flame
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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S1 E18: Truth is Heavy...but Grace Holds Steady
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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S1 E17: You Were That… But You’re Not Anymore
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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S1 E16: Christian Enough to Be Liked, Not Hated
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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S1 E15: Stop Looking Saved. Start Living Crucified.
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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S1 E14: If It Costs Nothing, It's Not Love
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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S1 E13: What If Jesus Doesn't Recognize You?
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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S1 E12: Obedience Isn't Legalism - It's Just What Love Looks Like
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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S1 E11: Jesus Is the Standard (and You're Not the Exception)
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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S1 E10: Not All Church Folks Know Jesus (And That Pew Isn't Saving You)
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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S1 E09: When Heaven's Quiet and I am Not
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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S1 E08: The Day I Tried Praying Like a Grown-Up
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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S1 E07: When Faith Feels Like Folding Laundry
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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S1 E06: I Don't Want to Lead...I Just Got Here!
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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S1 E05: Midnight Oil and Microwave Prayers
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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S1 E04: Faith Without the Feeling - When God Is Quiet and Life Is Loud
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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S1 E03: Why Prayer Feels Awkward...and Why We Do It Anyway
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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S1 E02: Faith in the Middle Seat
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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S1 E01: The Holy Mess of Everyday Faith
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Sep 01, 2025 |