When You Are Scared to Hope Again - Romans 5:5

When the Guilt Won't Seem to Go - Psalm 103:12

We carry things longer than we need to. The old failure that resurfaces at inconvenient moments. The sin that was confessed and forgiven and yet seems to remain in view. David's image in this psalm is one of the most important in all of Scripture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When You Feel Like You're Ultimately On Your Own - Hebrews 13:5

There is a particular kind of loneliness that has nothing to do with how many people are around. It is the sense that ultimately, when it comes to it, you are on your own. The writer of Hebrews places a promise straight into that fear. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When Fear Keeps Getting in the Way - 2 Timothy 1:7

Fear has a way of presenting itself as wisdom. As the reasonable response to uncertainty. As simple realism about what could go wrong. Paul's reminder to Timothy cuts against something that can feel quite sensible. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When the Trouble Won't Go Away - John 16:33

Jesus ends his last conversation with his disciples in the upper room with a sentence that holds both sides of reality at once. He does not deny the trouble. He holds it alongside something larger. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When You Need to Remember What Jesus Actually Came to Give - John 10:10

There is a version of the Christian life that has been reduced to restriction. A list of things not permitted. A thinning of life rather than an expanding of it. So it is worth sitting with what Jesus actually said he came to give. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]