We've all bought something that felt like a great deal at the time, and now we're still paying it off, wondering what we were thinking. If money has ever kept you up at night, this one's for you.

This is the final part of a shame-free, guilt-free conversation about money, the kind most of us are already having at home about debt, savings, and what's actually enough. Chris digs into the common traps that quietly drain us, from subscriptions we forgot about to the "emergency" that became permanent, and a 2,000-year-old letter to a young guy named Timothy that names the real problem: it's not money itself, it's the feeling underneath it. The big idea is simple. Live with margin so you can live on mission. No spreadsheets-make-you-cringe lecture, just a practical way to close the gap between your income and your ego.

What you'll walk away with:

• The four money traps that catch almost everyone, and how to spot them
• Why wanting to feel rich is more dangerous than wanting to be rich
• A simple give 10 / save 10 / live on 80 starting point you can actually use
• Why a budget might be the most spiritual thing you do this week
• A reframe on wealth that takes the pressure off keeping up with everyone else

Speaker: Chris Podlich | Beyond Church, Griffin.

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Part of the Finding Your Sweet Spot series at Beyond Church, a church for people who don't go to church.

You think you're a generous person. The round-up at the checkout, the Christmas appeal, the mate who needed a hand. But what if giving and generosity aren't the same thing?

This is a shame-free, guilt-free conversation about money, the kind most of us are already having at home about fuel prices, budgets, and what things cost, just with Jesus' perspective added in. Chris unpacks the difference between two kinds of givers, why a plan beats a guilt-trip every time, and a surprisingly old idea from a 2,000-year-old letter that still works today. No pressure, no sad songs, no slide of suffering faces. Just a clear, practical way to decide ahead of time where your generosity goes.

What you'll walk away with:

• A simple test to know whether you're actually generous or just occasionally giving
• Two questions that tell you exactly where your money should go
• Why picking a percentage beats reacting to whoever guilts you best
• A 90-day challenge you can trial with a built-in way out
• A way to grow your faith that no Bible study can match

Speaker: Chris Podlich | Beyond Church, Griffin.

Your best next step:
👉 Plan A Visit: https://beyondchurch.com.au/new
👉 Discover more about Beyond: https://beyondchurch.com.au/
👉 Explore more resources: https://beyondchurch.com.au/sweetspot
👉 Support the mission: https://beyondchurch.com.au/give

Part of the Finding Your Sweet Spot series at Beyond Church, a church for people who don't go to church.

Cost of living is up. Groceries are brutal. And somehow, no matter what you earn, it never quite feels like enough.

In this episode, Chris Podlich sits down with a pretty uncomfortable question: why doesn't more ever actually satisfy? We're talking social media comparison traps, the mental gymnastics we do around money, and why the goalpost for "enough" keeps moving no matter how far you go.

It's an honest conversation about why so many of us feel financially stressed even when, by global standards, we're doing alright, and what it might look like to actually find a line and call it enough.

Whether you're juggling rent and groceries, or you've hit every milestone you set and still feel restless, this one's worth your time.

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We all love a good upgrade.

Free business class. Getting the corner office. That little rush when your name gets called first. Be honest, it feels good. We're wired for it.

But what if that feeling, that constant hunger for status, recognition, and getting ahead, is actually the thing keeping us from the life we actually want?

In this final episode of This Is Living, we're sitting with one of the most genuinely strange ideas in human history: that the most powerful being who ever existed chose to go last. Not because he had to. Because he wanted to.

That's not how any religion before Christianity worked. In the ancient world, gods didn't stoop. They demanded. But Jesus flipped the whole script, and the way he did it has something to say about how we chase purpose and why most of us come up empty.

There's a fascinating thing about the Dead Sea. It has inflows but no outflows. Water comes in from all directions and just... stays. And here's the thing: it's been shrinking for decades. All that intake, and it's getting smaller.

Sound familiar?

This episode isn't a lecture. It's an honest look at what happens when we spend our lives climbing a ladder that leads to no one, and what it might look like to try a completely different direction.

Whether you've got a faith background or you're just curious, this one's worth a listen.

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Most of us know what it feels like to have our peace under attack. The news, the parenting load, the work stress, the comparison spiral, it's relentless. And no matter how much we try to solve or control our way to calm, real peace always seems just out of reach.

If your peace feels fragile, borrowed, or just completely missing, this one has something real to offer.

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What's actually giving you confidence right now? Maybe it's what you own, what you've accomplished, or what people think of you. And if you're honest, those things matter more than you'd like to admit.

We all do it. We build our lives around what we have, what we do, and what others think. And when it's going well, it feels like living. But here's the problem: we're all one mistake or misfortune away from losing it all. And the moment we lose the things we're confident in, we lose our security. And when we lose our security, we lose joy.

If you're exhausted from keeping all the balls in the air, or quietly wondering if the life you're building is actually going to deliver, this one's worth your time.

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There's a version of life we all picture. More joy. More peace. More of those moments where you think to yourself, this is living. But if we're honest, most of us feel something else: striving after something that never quite satisfies, surviving a season that won't end, or just going through the motions wondering if there's more.

In Part 1 of This Is Living, we open in the most unlikely place -- a jail cell. The Apostle Paul is under house arrest in Rome, chained to guards, uncertain of his future. And somehow, he writes what is considered the most joyful letter in the entire New Testament.

More contentment than most of us have on any given free day.

How? And what does it have to do with the life you're actually living right now?

Whether you're in the middle of something heavy or just looking for more than what you've got, this one's for you.

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Of all the questions people submitted for this series, one came back more than any other.

This one: if God is good and God is powerful, why is the world this broken?

It's the question that has ended more faith journeys than probably any other.

In this final episode of Questions for Jesus, Chris doesn't offer a neat theological solution. Because there isn't one. What he does instead is take an honest look at what Jesus actually did in the face of human suffering. And it's not what most people expect.

Got a question for Jesus? Submit it at: ⁠⁠⁠https://beyondchurch.com.au/questions-for-jesus⁠⁠⁠

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We all have questions when it comes to faith. This week, we take some of the questions you've submitted throughout this series and have a conversation with Chris about them.

Got a question for Jesus? Submit it at: ⁠⁠https://beyondchurch.com.au/questions-for-jesus⁠⁠

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If God is all-powerful, why couldn't he just forgive without the cross? Why did Jesus have to die at all? And honestly, given the state of the world, was it even worth it?

These are some of the most common questions we received, and they're good ones. In Part 2 of Questions for Jesus, Chris Podlich tackles them head-on by reframing the question most people are actually asking.

It turns out forgiveness has never been free. Someone always pays. The real question isn't whether a cost had to be absorbed. It's who chose to absorb it, and why.

Whether you grew up in church and never quite got a straight answer to this, or you're coming at this fresh with no background at all, this episode is for you.

Got a question for Jesus? Submit it at: ⁠https://beyondchurch.com.au/questions-for-jesus⁠

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