Today, Janell and Becca sit down with Lou Phillips to discuss the biblical view of sex. Lou shares how he learned that he was more interested in what he could get from God than in God Himself. He also shares how he got into apologetics.

Some of today’s topics include: purity culture, pornography, the biblical reason for marriage, the idolization of relationships and marriage, and why community is so important. We hope you enjoy this conversation!

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Mentioned in this Episode

Introducing Rebecca: Her Story & Faith Questions

YouVersion Bible App

Crazy Love - Francis Chan

The Great Divorce - C. S. Lewis

Sam Alberry’s Books

Today, Janell sits down with May’s cohost Becca Schultz. Becca grew up in rural Pennsylvania & Ohio with her mom (a catholic) and her dad (a protestant) and two sisters. She is currently studying science with the intent to be a middle school science teacher. Even though her university is one if the most known party-schools, Becca has found a great biblical community on her campus.

She has been learning what her faith means to her. For a while, she was putting on a fake face and felt pressured to stay with her upbringing, but now is letting her faith become her own. She started attending a non-denominational church in high school. In the context of the non-denominational church, she appreciated the ability to be open and honest about her story and she had the opportunity to be discipled.

Becca’s Questions

We would love to thank our Patrons for all their amazing support! Special thanks to our friend, Michele Tupen. To learn more about supporting Finding Something REAL via Patreon, click here!

This episode is sponsored by Laurel Denise. Handmade with love in Charlottesville, VA since 2005. Check out her store here!

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Introducing Dagmar: Her Story & Faith Questions

YouVersion Bible App

Crazy Love - Francis Chan

What if you were an agnostic who was starting to- maybe- see the world differently? What if you had asked God to help you and you thought He had answered in a tangible way? What if you saw the beauty of the world around you and felt like it had to be caused more than chance? What would come next for you in a faith journey?

In this bonus episode, this month’s special podcast co-host (Dagmar) and Janell have a conversation with Pastor/Musician/Writer/Speaker Josh White about authenticity, grace, and the unique incredible gift of the gospel.

Would you follow Jesus if it seemed like everyone around you was choosing to follow something else? Or how would you stay anchored to faith in Christ when you are constantly bombarded by big questions about Christianity, not just by friends and culture, but instead by some of the highest regarded intellectual thinkers of our time?

In this episode, this month’s special podcast co-host (Dagmar) and Janell have a conversation with podcaster/author/speaker, Justin Brierley.

Lindsey is the executive director and resident world religion expert of Mama Bear Apologetics. She holds a Masters in Apologetics & Ethics from Denver Seminary, a Masters in Public Health, and a degree in Law. Recently, Lindsey wrote a chapter about Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Popular Handbook of World Religions (Harvest House). Lindsey and her apologist husband have been married for 13 years and currently live with their three beautiful daughters in Texas. In her spare time, Lindsey loves watching British reality television and reading from her at-home library of over 2,000 books.

In this episode, Dagmar, Janell, and Lindsey have a fascinating conversation about the differences between religions, the reliability of the Bible, cosmological argument for Christianity, and Jesus being the evidence for the veracity of Christianity. They also go in depth about Jehovah’s Witnesses and the problem of suffering.

We hope this podcast is edifying!

We would love to thank our Patrons for all their support! Special thanks to Brian and Jill Wilson. To learn more about the Finding Something REAL Patreon, click here!

Mentioned in this Episode

Finding Something REAL Patreon

Introducing Dagmar: Her Story & Faith Questions

FSR - Deep Faith Questions

Mama Bear Apologetics

Mere Christianity - CS Lewis

1 Peter 3:15

Today’s episode is super special! Janell and Dagmar sit down with German apologist Julia Garschagen. Julia shares how she came to a relationship with Jesus and how the secular culture she grew up in affected her. The ladies talk about questions and objections that are aimed at Christianity and how a Biblical worldview can provide answers.

They have a thought provoking conversation that covers God’s views on sex, evolution and the Big Bang theory, the problem of evil and suffering, and more. We hope this episode helps you think through some questions you may have about Christianity and Jesus Christ!

We would love to thank our Patrons for all their support! Special thanks to Brian and Jill Wilson. To learn more about the Finding Something REAL Patreon, click here!

Links:

FSR s4e12 with Dagmar

FSR s3e25 with Julia Garschagen

Another month, another co-host! Today, we are introducing you to Dagmar. Dagmar is young woman who lives in the Netherlands. She shares a little about her faith journey and about the secular culture she lives in.

In this first episode, she presents a few of the questions she has about faith and shares about her desire to know if God is real.

A few of her questions include:

What are the differences between Jehovah’s Witnesses & Christians?

Are there differences between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? They seem to worship the same God.

Should Faith change as the world changes?

Where is God in times of need? Like the corona crisis, did he make it to punish us? Or did he just abandon us after he created us because he wasn't happy about what he was seeing?

Where is God in general? Can we actually see Him? Are those who have claimed to see him hallucinating?

Links:

Today’s episode is sponsored by Laurel Denise. Handmade with Love in Charlottesville, VA since 2005. Click here to shop!

Patreon

Tori's Intro Episode

Religion Statistics in the Netherlands (Wikipedia)

Mere Christianity - C. S. Lewis

oIn this extended bonus episode, we’re welcoming back a returning guest. Allen Crostic has a Masters in Christian Apologetics and as a former agnostic, loves to talk about reasons for faith. In this conversation with March co-host, Lucrezia from Italy and myself, Allen addresses Lu's questions regarding lore, hell, doubt, and Jesus. Allen describes knowledge as being different than certainty and why that matters in regards to faith. We talk about doubt and why he's passionate about apologetics (always being prepared to give an answer with gentleness and respect). We also discuss different types of doubt and skepticism. As in all of our previous episodes with Allen, he also shares the significance of believing in Jesus' death, deity, and resurrection, differentiating between a salvation issue and secondary issues.

Links:

Patreon

FSR s2e15 with Allen Crostic - Part 1 and Part 2

Near Death Experiences - Dr. Gary Habermas

Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God-Eric Metaxas

Inferno - Dante Alighieri

Mark 7

Romans 10:9-10

Acts 17:26 & 27

Brenna Blain is a wife, mom, christian speaker and podcast producer from the PNW. She has a BA in Theology and Biblical Studies from Multnomah University and uses her degree to help christians pursue a deeper and more authentic relationship with the living God. While she speaks on many topics, Brenna is most passionate about God’s involvement in our pain and personal struggles including mental illness, same sex attraction and abuse. You can connect with Brenna on social media and hear more of her speaking @bunonmyhead

Janell, Lucrezia, and Brenna have a chat about same-sex attraction, mental health, and sexual abuse. Brenna shares her faith journey and some of the questions that arose from being raised in a theologically conservative environment. She also talks about how she continues to trust God during tragedy.

Brenna explains why she holds to a traditional view of faith and a non-affirming view of homosexual relationships. They discuss whether morality has or hasn’t changed over the past 2,000 years.

This podcast discusses suicide.

Mentioned in this Episode

Lucrezia’s Story & Faith Questions

Finding Something REAL Patreon

Brenna’s Instagram and Website

Another Gospel by Alisa Childers

Jesus & John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

The Bible Project-Leviticus

Matthew 9:9-13-Jesus Calls Matthew

The Chosen - Jesus calls Matthew

FSR s3e2 with Josh White

Philippians 4:6&7

John 6:68

This week’s episode features a conversation with Janell, Lucrezia, and this week’s guest Stéphanie.

Stéfanie talks about growing up in France with an atheist world view, how staying with a Christian host family lead her towards belief in Christ, and her journey towards believing that Jesus’s resurrection is true. The ladies also talk about how relationship with God isn’t intellectual.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Mentioned in this Episode

Lucrezia’s story & Faith Questions

The Finding Something REAL Patreon

Crazy Love - Francis Chan

More than a Carpenter - Josh McDowell

A Case for the Resurrection of Jesus - Lee Strobel

Gospel Spice Podcast- How do we know that the resurrection actually happened?

GO. Seek. Create. Podcast - Athiest to Follower of Christ with Stéphanie Rouselle

FSR s3e22 with Janell’s Exchange Daughters