Maintaining a Sane Brain in a Scary World

Episode 23 - Peter After the Resurrection

This week, our final lesson, explores the bold courage of Peter after the Resurrection.  His dramatic transformation, by the power of the Holy Spirit, offers an absolute blueprint for a fearless life abandoned to God. That is the secret to Maintaining a Sane Brain—no matter how scary the world.

Episode 22 - Fear at Christ's Cross

This week we reflect on the most significant moment in all of history—the incredible sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. Everything we’ve studied so far has pointed toward God’s perfect plan for humanity’s salvation. But to the people in Jerusalem that day, events surrounding the Crucifixion were surprising—and frightening. There’s much to learn by from the experiences of those eyewitnesses.

Episode 21 - Peter Before the Resurrection and Humanity's Common Fears

This week marks the beginning of the end of our look at some of the Bible’s biggest names and how they handled fear. Our three-podcast conclusion starts by exploring the life of Peter before the crucifixion. We encounter a simple, uneducated fisherman whose relationship with Jesus was marked by personal confusion, bravado, and eventually panicky denial of Christ. In him, we see much of ourselves.

Episode 20 - Martha and the Fear of Embarrassment

This week we look at the lives of Mary and Martha, two sisters who have very different reactions when Jesus comes to dinner.  As we explore Mary’s devotion and Martha’s distress, we see that learning to handle routine worries helps the sisters—and us—learn to trust God with huge difficulties.

Episode 19 - Nicodemus, the Woman at the Well, and the Fear of What Others Think

In this episode we look at two very different people who are privileged to have one-on-one conversations with Jesus the Messiah. Nicodemus, a leader of the Jewish Council, is consumed with curiosity and also afraid of his powerful, friends’ opinions. Fear compels him to visit Jesus under cover of darkness and he just can’t understand the simple gospel message. Shortly after Christ’s encounter with Nicodemus, He goes out of his way to meet with one of society’s most marginalized rejects—the nameless Samaritan Woman at the Well. What ensues is a great lesson in the liberating fearlessness that comes from humbly choosing to pursue simple, heartfelt faith.