What happens when life throws you curveballs like a struggling marriage and a brain cancer diagnosis? In this inspiring episode, my wife Lauren and I are joined by our good friend, Josh Patterson, as we candidly discuss our journey through marriage and the season of brain cancer. We open up about the struggles we faced during the first seven years of our marriage and how our expectations and desires were misguided and misplaced. Through leaning in, pressing in, and trusting in the sufficiency and grace of the Lord, we've been able to see true relational intimacy blossom in our marriage. We will also walk through the day I experienced a grand mal seizure on Thanksgiving morning in 2009, which led to a brain tumor diagnosis and a new chapter in our lives. We share our experience of coping with loss, making difficult decisions, and fighting to trust God in the face of a very bleak diagnosis. Our story serves as a testament to the reality of faith, and we pray that it inspires you to lean into God's grace and embrace the highs and lows of life with courage and hope. 
 EPISODE CHAPTERS (0:00:07) - Intro to The Overcomers (0:12:26) - Overcoming Rejection and Perfectionism in Marriage (0:23:59) - Overcoming Struggles in Marriage (0:37:50) - Fighting for Your Marriage (0:42:09) - Thanksgiving Seizure and Brain Tumor Diagnosis (0:57:27) - Coping With Loss and Difficult Decisions (1:12:34) - Finding Gold in Dark Days (1:18:48) - The Reality of Faith 
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Overcoming Life's Storms

The Overcomers podcast is stories of men and women who have endured unimaginable hardships—have clung to Jesus during the dark night of the soul, yet their faith has remained intact and often more vibrant than before.Most of these stories are not clean and do not have a neat bow at the end. Many are still in the middle of battling to believe Jesus is better, come what may.

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In this episode, I want to orient our thinking around how we're going to experience the Black Horse and its Rider. Because if we're going to overcome the Black Horse, then we need to understand how the rider and the horse affect us and those around us. This conversation isn't meant to be an intellectual exercise; it's a realistic look at the black rider's impact on our faith and walk with Christ.This episode is an invitation to understand the deeper spiritual dynamics at play and to rekindle a faith that seeks sustenance in the true bread of life. My prayer is that through this series you will discover and be reminded of the hope and courage available to overcome life's challenges through the finished work of Christ. 

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Confronting the Despair of the Black Rider

My new book, The Overcomers: God's Vision for You to Thrive in an Age of Anxiety and Outrage, is out now and for the first time ever, I decided to be the one that read the book for audio. So this bonus episode is the reading of Chapter 1 - More Powerful Than You Believe. You can get the audio book from Audible or you can buy the book really wherever books are sold. Hope this blesses and encourages you. 
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Bonus Episode: More Powerful Than You Believe

Could the book of Revelation be more comforting than confounding, more hopeful than horrifying? On this episode, I’m tackling some of the most common questions asked about the book of Revelation. From overcoming anxiety around the book, to the rapture, to the end times — I walk through what the book says and doesn’t say. I hope to dispel some of the mystery and offer a hopeful vision for the believer. This is not just about end times; it's a heartening portrayal of the eternal fulfillment that believers can look forward to; a future that is far more about promise than apocalyptic dread. My prayer is that through this series you will discover and be reminded of the hope and courage available to overcome life's challenges through the finished work of Christ. 
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Thank you to our SponsorsCovenant Eyes Victory by Covenant Eyes is a powerful tool that helps Christians who are serious and want to quit porn for good or never start. Victory combines industry-leading technology with decades of experience and leadership in recovery content, accountability, and behavior change. The Victory app, with powerful accountability features built in and the optional blocking technology, makes it an unparalleled tool in the fight to live a porn-free life Anyone can get started on their path to recovery for free by visiting: Covenanteyes.com and using my promo code OVERCOMERS for 30 days free. Logos Logos is a powerful Bible study platform that allows you to study Scripture and consult commentaries, devotionals, Bible dictionaries, and more—all from your computer, tablet, or phone., and for a limited time listeners of The Overcomers podcasts can get an exclusive discount plus additional free books, just visit Logos.com/overcomers to learn more. – Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.  For sponsorship inquiries, email sponsor@thegoodpodcast.co

Common Questions about the Book of Revelation

We've been walking through the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and if you'll remember, the first horse is a white horse and its rider has a white robe and a crown. It looks like Jesus, but it's not Jesus. And so I said in Episode 1 that this rider is like an antichrist. It comes presenting itself as a gospel but it's no gospel at all. And one of the ways this plays itself out is outside the church is false gospels — this will save you or this will make your life complete, But inside the church it looks like heresy. It takes some aspect of what's true about God and it twists it. My friend Russ Roberts, trying to find his way out of a markedly rebellious lifestyle, found himself entwined in the alluring yet misleading doctrines of the International Church of Christ. His experience serves as an example of the perils that lurk within seemingly pious communities, where the truth of Jesus Christ's message can be obscured by well-crafted imitations. It’s a journey marked by small, deliberate steps of obedience, much like Peter’s, filled with inevitable stumbles yet propelled forward by the redeeming power of Christ's love. My prayer is that through this series you will discover and be reminded of the hope and courage available to overcome life's challenges through the finished work of Christ. 

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Thank you to our SponsorsCovenant Eyes Victory by Covenant Eyes is a powerful tool that helps Christians who are serious and want to quit porn for good or never start. Victory combines industry-leading technology with decades of experience and leadership in recovery content, accountability, and behavior change. The Victory app, with powerful accountability features built in and the optional blocking technology, makes it an unparalleled tool in the fight to live a porn-free life Anyone can get started on their path to recovery for free by visiting: Covenanteyes.com and using my promo code OVERCOMERS for 30 days free. Logos Logos is a powerful Bible study platform that allows you to study Scripture and consult commentaries, devotionals, Bible dictionaries, and more—all from your computer, tablet, or phone., and for a limited time listeners of The Overcomers podcasts can get an exclusive discount plus additional free books, just visit Logos.com/overcomers to learn more. – Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.  For sponsorship inquiries, email sponsor@thegoodpodcast.co

Overcoming False Gospels with Russell Roberts

On this episode, we will examine the red horse and its rider from Revelation 6 — an emblem of war and rage. It seems like everywhere we look there is war happening. But it's not just global conflicts that I want to examine; I want to turn the lens inward. I want to draw your attention to the reality that these bloody conflicts and war is never far from our souls. There is a violence that that can bubble up in us at any moment if we're not careful. The enemy of the end-times want to divide and sow conflict and I want to challenge you to fight for a Church that wields the spiritual armor of meekness and kindness in a world all too familiar with violence and rage. My prayer is that through this series you will discover and be reminded of the hope and courage available to overcome life's challenges through the finished work of Christ.  
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Thank you to our SponsorsCovenant Eyes Victory by Covenant Eyes is a powerful tool that helps Christians who are serious and want to quit porn for good or never start. Victory combines industry-leading technology with decades of experience and leadership in recovery content, accountability, and behavior change. The Victory app, with powerful accountability features built in and the optional blocking technology, makes it an unparalleled tool in the fight to live a porn-free life Anyone can get started on their path to recovery for free by visiting: Covenanteyes.com and using my promo code OVERCOMERS for 30 days free. Logos Logos is a powerful Bible study platform that allows you to study Scripture and consult commentaries, devotionals, Bible dictionaries, and more—all from your computer, tablet, or phone., and for a limited time listeners of The Overcomers podcasts can get an exclusive discount plus additional free books, just visit Logos.com/overcomers to learn more. – Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.  For sponsorship inquiries, email sponsor@thegoodpodcast.co

Overcoming Life's Storms

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