Live Like It's True {Bible Podcast}
On each episode, Shannon Popkin and her guest talk through one of the most interesting or astonishing stories (narratives) of the Bible, and how to live like that story is true.
Think of each story like a container, filled with easy-to-retrieve truth. Each story gives you concrete ways to reject the lies, rehearse the truth, and share it with others.
You're invited to open your Bible, drink in the story, and live like it's true!
Shannon is the author of five books, and speaks regularly for Christian women's retreats, conferences, and events. Shannon lives with her family in West Michigan. Learn more at www.shannonpopkin.com.
Episodes
91 episodes
God's Astonishing Response to the Faith of Just One {Shadia Hrichi}
What would God do if there was only one in a city of thousands, who wanted to be rescued by him? And what if that one person was a prostitute? On the Live Like It's True podcast, we're talking about the astonishing story of the spies God sent t...
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Season 9
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Episode 89
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35:30
How to Live Like It's True that God has Control {Kori Pennypacker}
How has God used a storm to show you that you're not in control? And how has he used that storm to invite you to surrender control to Him? In this episode of the Live Like It's True podcast, Kori Pennypacker of Bible2School.com and I are talkin...
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Season 9
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Episode 88
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45:53
The Surprise of Suffering and Empowering Truth {Amy Lively}
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 87
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48:58
The Truth About Comparison, When You're the Mom with Less {Lara d’Entremont}
What if that other mom is able to raise six kids and chickens, plus make her own cheese, and you can barely keep up with your one child and keep him from the brink of disaster?Listen on:
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Season 9
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Episode 86
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45:16
A "Lifequake" Story of God's Faithfulness and New Beginnings {Tracie Miles}
Have you experienced a "Lifequake"? Perhaps an unwanted divorce, a job loss, a health or financial crisis? Tracie Miles and I talk about the context of Jeremiah 29:11—and what is and isn't promised to us in our lowest moments of exile. Tracie's...
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Season 9
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Episode 85
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39:12
Jesus's Assurance & Challenge for a Wounded Doubter {Dr. Michelle Bengtson}
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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 84
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34:55
The Story that Will Make You Re-Think Your Scars {Dr. Michelle Bengtson}
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 pod...
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Season 9
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Episode 83
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35:37
How to Change Your Brain, Using Stories Of The Bible {Dr. Alan Weissenbacher}
Did you know your brain can change? And did you know willpower isn't what makes the change? This was a fascinating conversation with Dr. Weissenbacher on the Live Like It's True podcast, giving you some of the science that supports what we do h...
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Season 9
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Episode 82
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39:34
How Jadedness Blinds You and Simple Faith Makes You See {Melissa Spoelstra}
How has your jadedness kept you from seeing clearly? And how could simple faith open your eyes to the truth? Melissa Spoelstra and I are talking about a story in the Bible, where people were divided in how they saw Jesus after he ...
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Season 9
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Episode 81
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47:49
When You Can't See Why, But You Trust God Anyway {Carol Kent}
Why God? I don't understand why you're doing this? Have you ever cried out to God with a prayer like this? Last time we talked with Carol Kent about that horrifying day she got the unthinkable news that her son was being ar...
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28:19
When God Says You Must Lay Down Your Isaac {Carol Kent}
Have you ever been tested by God? Has he asked you to lay down someone or something that is precious to you, just like he asked Abraham to place Isaac on the altar? In this episode of Live Like It's True, Carol Kent tells her painfu...
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Season 8
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Episode 80
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36:01
Vulnerable Faith, When it's Too Risky to Hope {Hope Blanton & Chris Gordon}
What if God eavesdropped on your heart? Would he hear you sighing and scoffing about impossible situations? Would he see you rolling your eyes at the idea things could change? In this conversation with Hope Blanton and Chris Gordon on the Live ...
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Season 8
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Episode 79
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52:29
The Truth About God's Control When You Feel Threatened {Beth Runkle}
God is in control. We say that, but sometimes it's hard to believe it with the whole world seems to be coming unhinged.In this episode of Live Like It's True I'm talking with military spouse, Beth Runkle, about a section of Sarah's story...
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Season 8
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Episode 78
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46:47
The Interesting and Surprising Origin Story of God's People {Courtney Doctor}
Have you considered the magnitude of God's promises to you? Has your life been shaped by those promises, the way Abraham and Sarah's were? I'm so grateful for Courtney Doctor and her brilliant mind. Don't miss part one of this great...
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Season 8
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Episode 77
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30:02
The Surprise of the Story is That God Takes Initiative {Courtney Doctor}
When Courtney was in her early twenties, she was in a church membership class, where the gospel was being explained and she kept raising her hand, saying, "I chose God. I know; I was there..." Can you relate with the sense that you were the one...
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Season 8
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Episode 76
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29:35
The Astonishing Resurrection of a Dead Marriage, Past Hope {Jill Savage}
If you don't know what to do because your husband doesn't seem to love you anymore, and you're worried your marriage is dead, this conversation about what God did in my friend Jill's marriage offers so much hope. Jill Savage is an autho...
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Season 8
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Episode 75
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34:42
When He Lies And Betrays: One Wife's Story Of Redemption {Jill Savage}
She never expected what she saw on his phone that night. And no one expected the surprise ending to their story. Joining me on the Live Like It's True podcast, Jill Savage tells her story of discovering her husband's affair, and how...
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Season 8
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Episode 74
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32:49
From Trauma to Testimony: One Mom's Story of Tenacious Faith {Sana Latrease}
When Sana when through the trauma of almost losing her nineteen-year-old son in a car crash, she did the unexpected: she shared the forty-three day experience on social media and asked the world to pray that God would do the impossible. Why? Be...
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Season 8
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Episode 73
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33:30
From Trafficked to Triumph: One Woman's Faith Story {Sana Latrease}
Where was God, when a little girl was being trafficked by the mother who should have kept her safe?On the Live Like It's True podcast, I'm talking Sana Latrease to talk about her story of God's faithfulness, even in the middle of her chi...
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Season 8
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Episode 72
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35:39
One Woman's Painful Trial and Promise-Driven Perspective {Gabriela Puente}
At age 27, Gaby's cancer treatment are narrowing her options for one day having children. Yet Gaby walks this painful path between her trial and God's promises with perspective and hope. She shares her story in my latest episode on the Live Lik...
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Season 8
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Episode 71
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43:41
How to be Happy, Minus the Envy and Comparison {Melissa Kruger}
Have you been comparing yourself? Are you envious of someone God has treated "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...
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Season 7
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Episode 68
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40:06
Faith Tested: One Missionary Kid's Story of Commissioning in Crisis {Heather Cofer}
Would you ask your twelve-year-old to bravely live her faith, in a time of crisis? In part two of our conversation, Heather Cofer shares the story of her twelfth birthday in Mongolia and how—even when she was so afraid—her dad commissioned her ...
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Season 8
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Episode 70
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33:59
When God Says You Need to Leave Everything You Love {Heather Cofer}
What if God asked you to leave everything you love? Would you do it? Heather Cofer talks about her experiences as a child in Mongolia which still shape her life today.Heather's story is highlighted in my new Bible study, Shaped by Go...
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Season 8
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Episode 69
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28:35
When She Has More Wealth And I Want What's Fair {Lydia Brownback}
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 bigg...
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Season 7
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Episode 67
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51:14
The Right and Wrong Way to Compare Sin {Lindsay Schott}
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 st...
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Season 7
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Episode 66
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1:06:11