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Maybe you’ve grown up as a Christian going to church or maybe you’re not interested in religion at all. But when you’re scrolling, hanging out with friends, trying to sleep, or overwhelmed with your day-to-day, do big existential questions ever pop in- you know- things like, “Why am I here? How did all this get here? What happens after I die?” “Is there a God and is there really meaning to all this?” ”What’s so special about Jesus Christ?” We’ve all experienced deep longing for something this world can’t seem to satisfy. Even someone as wildly successful as Taylor Swift knows that to be true. “I had won album of the year at the Grammys for a second time...” She said, “and I remember thinking afterwards, ’Oh my god, that was all you wanted!... That was all you focused on. You get to the mountaintop and look around and you’re like... what now?” If you’re tired and feeling overwhelmed with all the different voices yelling for your affections- telling you what to go after- whether it be success, beauty, the perfect partner, social media followers, money, or power… only to leave you let down and unsatisfied, searching for more… Maybe like my friends and me, you’re after finding something REAL. Every week, join me (Janell Wood), special co-hosts and guests as we ask questions, look for answers, and search for the source of something REAL: Restoration, Eternity, Authenticity, and Love. I believe those things can ultimately be found in relationship with Jesus Christ, but don’t take my word for it. Listen to our conversations for yourself and go on a journey with us: Is Jesus the REAL thing?
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Happy New Year, friends! This January, we are replaying a few of our favorite episodes from 2022! We hope you enjoy the replay!
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Frank Turek joins the podcast today! Janell, Frank, and Leonie have a fascinating conversation about Frank’s New book, how Harry Potter parallels the Bible, what C. S. Lewis and Tolkein discussed about fantasies and myths, and more!
They also talk about how we can dedicate our lives to something we cannot prove exists, how we can know God by his effects. They talk about design and moral law point to a creator. They talk prayer, Bible reading, Frank’s testimony, the difference between trusting in God and intellectual knowledge of God, the challenges facing Christian young people today, and more! We hope you enjoy this episode!
About Frank Turek
Dr. Frank Turek is a dynamic speaker and award-winning author or coauthor of five books: Hollywood Heroes How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God, Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to make their Case, I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist, Correct, Not Politically Correct and Legislating Morality. As the President of CrossExamined.org, Frank presents powerful and entertaining evidence for Christianity at churches, high schools and at secular college campuses that often begin hostile to his message. He has also debated several prominent atheists including Christopher Hitchens and David Silverman, president of American Atheists.
Frank hosts an hour-long TV program each week called I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist that is broadcast Wednesday nights on DirecTV Channel 378 (NRBTV). His radio program called CrossExamined with Frank Turek airs on 186 stations every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. eastern and is available continuously on the free CrossExamined App
Frank is a widely featured guest in the media as a leading apologetics expert and cultural commentator. He has appeared on hundreds of radio programs and many top TV programs including: The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, Faith Under Fire, and Politically Incorrect. He also writes a column for Townhall.com and several other sites.
A former aviator in the US Navy, Frank has a master’s degree from the George Washington University and a doctorate from Southern Evangelical Seminary. He and his wife, Stephanie, are blessed with three grown sons.
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Cross Examined.Org
Cross Examined Instagram
Frank Turek debate with Christopher Hitchens
Frank Turek interview with Alisa Childers
Southern Evangelical Seminary
Hollywood Heroes - Frank Turek
Evidence that Demands a Verdict - Josh McDowell
More than a Carpenter -Josh McDowell
I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - Norman Geisler
Reason for God - Tim Keller
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
The Chronicles of Narnia
Iron Man
Star Wars
Proverbs 4:23
”Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Hello Friends! Happy last week of 2022! Today on the podcast, Janell and Dagmar welcome returning guest Pastor Josh White. Josh talks about his recent sabbatical, things he’s learned from being a Pastor during COVID, the premise of his new book, and why he believes the topic is important.
Janell, Dagmar, and Josh have a great conversation about suffering, the value of a good memoir, and why sinning less is not the ultimate goal—Jesus is. They talk about whether or the Church is a place where young people can come and actually meet Jesus and how pride keeps us from properly acting as Christians. There are so many challenging and beautiful subjects discussed in this episode—we hope you will give it a listen!
About Josh White
Josh White is the founding pastor of Door of Hope Church in Portland and currently serves there as the Vision and Teaching Pastor. Audiences engage quickly with his profound perspective of scripture. Josh is also the founder of Deeper Well Records. When not making music or leading the church, Josh loves to spend his time reading and hanging out with his wife, Darcy and 2 children.
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FSR s5e35 Introducing Dagmar and her Faith Story
FSR s5e36 with Shea and Michelle
FSR s5e37 with Phoenix Hayes
FSR s5e38 with Dubois du Toit
FSR May 2021 with Michelle Watson
FSR April 2021 with Josh White
FSR April 2021 with Justin Brierley
FSR April 2021 with Lindsey Medenwaldt
FSR April 2021 with Julia Garschagen
Stumbling Towards Eternity -Josh White
Door of Hope PDX website
Josh White @ Cannon Beach Conference Center
FSR - Call of a Self-Described Amateur with Josh White
FSR - Authentic Gospel with Josh White
There is a Light - Liz Vice
The Bible Project
Speak Memory: An Autobiography Revisited - Vadimir Nabokov
Darrell Brook's Sentencing (YouTube)
St. Augustine
CS Lewis
GK Chesterson
Martin Luther letter to Melanchthon
Romans 7:24
”O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?”
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Today, Jane Pantig joins Janell on the podcast! Jane shares about her experience growing up in the Catholic church, her experience searching for faith in her early twenties, and how her dad’s faith journey impacted her own journey. Jane also shares about her love for apologetics and why she was willing to come to faith in Jesus without having all the answers. Jane shares about her experience on a MAVEN mission trip, her experience with encountering the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and how their beliefs differ from Christian beliefs. They chat about reaching the person, not just answering questions and so much more. We hope you enjoy this episode!
About Jane Pantig
God has given Jane a ministry that she could not have dreamt up herself and continually shows her that there are greater things to be done for Him. She loves deep conversations and providing a place for students to come with their questions and find answers. Jane is a California girl and has lived in California all her life—from the SF Bay Area to Santa Cruz to Orange County to Los Angeles. She was saved while at the University and she finds it amazing that God brought her back to the university to reach students who were like her, lost. She loves working with university and college students because it is a pivotal time in their lives to figure out who they are and what they believe. Janes loves cooking, baking, reading, traveling, puns, and a good laugh! She is thankful that she spent a decade serving in California and now she is in Utah on the next part of the adventure. She is now serving at the University of Utah and Utah Valley University.
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FSR November 2022 with Xandra Carroll
FSR March 2022 with Lindsey Medenwaldt
FSR March 2022 with Micah Wilder
Passport to Heaven - Micah Wilder
Ratio Christi
Hugh Ross
Frank Turek
Greg Koukl
John Lennox
Against the Tide with John Lennox and Kevin Sorbo
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - Norman L. Geisler
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Happy December, friends! This month on the podcast, Janell is sharing a few episodes about things she would like to know more about. Today YouTuber MissTytus shares her faith journey, why she believes the Bible is true, and how she started her YouTube channel. She also shares about her viral video about Beyoncé’s Church Girl and why she continues creating content even when she gets nasty comments. We hope you enjoy this episode!
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Miss Tytus on Youtube, Instagram, and TikTok
Miss Tytus' - Beyonce
Miss Tytus' - “CHRISTIAN”
Cross Examined Instructors Academy
Frank Turek
Gary Habermas
J. Warner Wallace
VeggieTales
Melodically Memorizing
Revelations 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Happy Wednesday, friends! Today on the podcast, we are excited to share a conversation with Andy Bannister! Andy shares about his faith journey and his experience going from an “undercover Christian” to working in public Christian ministry. They talk about the types of questions young people are asking about faith, and the complications surrounding the decline of Christianity in western culture. They also talk about beauty, math, human rights, and how they relate to God, why performance based acceptance has no place in the message of Jesus, and more! We hope you enjoy this episode!
About Andy
Dr. Andy Bannister is the Director of Solas and an Adjunct Lecturer at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. Andy holds a PhD in Islamic studies and is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Islam and Other Faiths at Melbourne School of Theology. Andy is the author of an academic book, An Oral-Formulaic Study of the Qur’an, and two popular-level books: The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist (or: The Terrible Consequences of Really Bad Arguments), and his latest: Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?. When not travelling, speaking, or writing, Andy is a keen hiker, mountain climber, and photographer. He is married to Astrid; they have two children, Caitriona and Christopher.
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FSR s5e39 Introducing Zoe
FSR s5e40 with Allen
FSR s5e41 with Mary Jo
FSR s5e42 with Xandra
FSR June 2022 with Justin Brierley
FSR April 2021 with Justin Brierley
Solas Center for Public Christianity
Pep Talks Podcast
Pod of the Gaps Podcast
How to Talk about Jesus without Looking Like An Idiot - Andy Bannister
Are religious funerals 'empty and platitudinous'? Ian Dunt & Andy Bannister -Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley
Douglas Murray & Jonathan Pageau - Jordan Peterson’s Podcast
The Chosen Series
Whose Religion is Christianity? - Lamin Sanneh
"Seeking Allah Finding Jesus" - Nabeel Quereshi
Mathematics Through The Eyes of Faith - Russell Howell
Dominion - Tom Holland
The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences -Eugene Winger
Mark 16:15
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature…”
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Revelations 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Today on the podcast Janell and Zoé chat with Xandra Carroll! Xandra shares about her own faith journey, her experience questioning faith, and how God changed her life. She shares about her passion for the combination of faith and science and what has caused her to place her faith in Jesus Christ. Xandra also shares about how she got started as a speaker.
Zoé asks a few questions regarding placing hope in something we don’t truly believe in and she shares what she believes is missing from her faith journey.
We hope you enjoy this episode!
About Xandra
Xandra Carroll is a speaker and writer. She studied biology in Colorado, theology at the Oxford Centre of Christian Apologetics, and then went back to biology again, studying for her Master's degree in New Zealand. Her research has included blood cells, animal behavior, and bird conservation. Xandra is passionate about educating the Christian public on our role as stewards of God’s natural world. She often speaks on the philosophy of science, and on the intersection between science and faith. She currently lives in the foothills of Colorado.
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FSR s5e39 Introducing Zoe
FSR s5e40 with Allen
FSR s5e41 with Mary Jo
FSR October 2022 with Phoenix
FSR June 2022 with Abdu Murray
FSR August 2022 with Stephanie
FSR June 2021 with Alycia
FSR May 2021 with Lou
Lighten Group
Lighten Group Podcast
Spiritual Lessons from Biology - Xandra Carroll
Dark Room Faith
Gospel Spice Ministry
Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics
Thinking Matters Podcast ep. 1 with Xandra Carroll
Reflection Ministries - Ken Boa
Eco-Anxiety and Hope - Xandra Carroll
Person of Interest (book) - J Warner Wallace
Cold Case Christianity - J Warner Wallace
Is Atheism Dead? - Eric Metaxas
God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? - John Lennox book
Science and Christianity: Conflict or Coherence? - Henry F. Schaefer
Who Moved the Stone? - Frank Morison
Person of Interest (presentation) - J Warner Wallace
Justin Brierley's Instagram
Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley
National Geographic Search for Noah's Ark
Probability of the Resurrection of Jesus - Richard Swinburne
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Happy Hump Day! We’ve got a great episode lined up for you! Though Zoe could not be there for the recording, Mary Jo Sharp joins Janell on the podcast today! Mary Jo shares about her journey from atheism to Christianity, how she dealt with the hypocrisy she found after becoming a Christian and why she decided to hold onto her Christian faith.
Mary Jo also shares some of hte reasons why she still believes in Christianity, how Jesus has changed her life. She shares about Confident Christianity and her new project Dark Room Faith, and more. We Hope you enjoy!
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ConfidentChristianity.com
Mary Jo’s Facebook
Mary Jo’s Twitter
Mary Jo’s Instagram
Dark Room Faith
Nabeel Quereshi
Seeking Allah Finding Jesus
David Wood's Conversion story
Francis Schaeffer
Nancy Pearcey
Strange Rites — Tara Isabella Burton
FSR April 2021 with Josh White
1 Peter 3:15
”But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear…”
1 Corinthians 15:16-20
”For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep…”
Jeremiah 17:9
”The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?”
John 14:6
”Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”