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CNLP 775 | When Church Members Break Your Heart and Your Trust: Sharon Hodde Miller on Resilience and Speaking Into the Culture

Sharon Hodde Miller discusses entering ministry with idealism that is crushed when people break your heart and leave your church. Plus, she discusses how to keep your heart engaged, learning to fight cynicism, and how to know when to speak into culture and when to keep silent. 🔗 Show Notes đŸ“© On The Rise Newsletter…

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Best of 2025: Three Ways to Introduce Your Friends to Jesus (Part 1 of 2)

J.John explains why we need to take the Great Commission seriously and share Jesus Christ with our friends and neighbors in a ‘natural’ way. He encourages us to invest in others through prayer, small acts of caring, and by reaching across social barriers. Receive a copy of Jesus Christ: The Truth with a free audio…

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The Source of Security | Francis Chan

Do you ever find yourself rushing through everything–a meal, time with a loved one, or even a moment you were looking forward to? Or maybe obsessing over a specific goal, or weighed down by the all-too-common thought, “Why can’t I be more like them? I must not be doing enough.” What if it didn’t have…

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The Glory of the Incarnation

When the original hearers of John’s gospel—the Jews and the Greeks—heard the term, “the Word became flesh,” it was revolutionary. Many scholars have said it marked a complete revolution in the history of human thought.  But I’d like us to think about the fact that Christmas doesn’t change our lives like it ought to. John…

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Heartwarming Ways to Love the Elderly in Your Family

In today’s culture, we fear “getting old” and many older adults feel less valuable than they should.But Isabel Tom is encouraging families to honor our elders and cherish them — for their wisdom, experience, and availability in our lives. Receive the book The Value of Wrinkles and the audio download of the broadcast “Heartwarming Ways…

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A Christmas Message From Josh + Christi

What does the star have to do with your soul? What does it mean to “make room” in your heart?

In this episode, Josh and Christi each offer a personal Christmas reflection and message to you, our Famous at Home family.  

May this Christmas be filled…

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Born Again

John 1 is about Jesus first coming into the world. It’s John’s way of helping us understand the meaning of Christmas.  And at the very beginning, John sort of hits us between the eyes and says the reason why Jesus Christ came into the world is so that you might be born again.  It’s all…

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Best of 2025: What Does the Bible Say About the Supernatural? (Part 2 of 2)

This Best of 2025 episode is based on Lee Strobel’s newest book, Seeing the Supernatural. Dive into the scriptures with us and explore what the Bible has to say about supernatural phenomena, showing how God works in the nonphysical realm. Receive the book Seeing the Supernatural and the audio download of the broadcast “What Does…

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CNLP 774 | You’re Not Ready for Revival: Dom Ruso on a New Kind of Secularism and Reaching UnReachable People

Theologian and church planter Dom Ruso offers lessons from church planting in Montreal, one of the most secular environments in North America, and how to reach a very difficult culture. He talks about the lack of theological training churches are facing, why we’re probably not ready for real revival, and how to reach people most…

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Best of 2025: What Does the Bible Say About the Supernatural? (Part 1 of 2)

This Best of 2025 episode is based on Lee Strobel’s newest book, Seeing the Supernatural. Dive into the scriptures with us and explore what the Bible has to say about supernatural phenomena, showing how God works in the nonphysical realm. Receive the book Seeing the Supernatural and the audio download of the broadcast “What Does…

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