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Democrats clash over socialism and the party’s future as progressive candidates gain ground and centrists attempt to push back. The U.S. and Iran step back from further military action over control of the Strait of Hormuz as negotiations are set to resume tomorrow. Three federal firefighters are killed and two others injured after flames overtake their crew during a fast-moving wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border. Gracie the Giraffe is found safe after two weeks in the Texas Hill Country, though rugged terrain and extreme heat are complicating efforts to bring her home.

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In this engaging conversation, JR Briggs unpacks how asking better questions can deepen relationships, strengthen faith, and open the door to meaningful conversations, as we share God's grace and truth. This episode explores how Jesus used questions powerfully and how we can do the same in everyday life, marriage, leadership, and evangelism.

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The world is shifting. Truth is under attack. Truth Rising, a new documentary from Focus on the Family and the Colson Center, reveals the crisis shaking faith, identity, and morality. But we can make a difference when we stand in God’s truth. Join the movement—watch now!

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 Raising a daughter today isn’t easy. Between social pressure, cultural expectations, and questions about identity and self-worth, many parents wonder if they’re doing enough. Dannah Gresh explores how moms can connect deeply with their daughters, guide them with grace, and help them grow strong in their faith and confidence in who God created them to be. 

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What do you do when you've prayed and nothing has changed?

You go again.

In week 5 of our summer series, Christine Caine takes us to Elijah on the summit of Carmel: face between his knees, praying in the dark, sending his servant back to the horizon seven times before a cloud the size of a man's hand finally appears. Most of us go once. Maybe twice. Maybe three times. But the fourth, fifth, sixth time — that's where most people stop. That's where faith gets tested not by what we see, but by what we don't.

Elijah heard the sound of rain before a single drop fell. That gap, between what you hear in the spirit and what you can see in the natural, is what Christine Caine calls the faith zone. And it's where every one of us will be asked to live.

We've committed to the direction. Now comes the test: what do you do when you keep going and it's still hard? Resilience isn't the absence of exhaustion. It's the willingness to eat the bread God puts in front of you and get up one more time.

✨ If you've ever asked questions like…

✅ I've been praying for the same thing for years and nothing has changed — should I keep going?

✅ How do I pray with faith and expectation when I'm exhausted and discouraged?

✅ What do I do when God feels silent and I can't see anything happening?

✅ How do I hold onto peace without ignoring the reality of what I'm facing?

✅ What does persistent prayer actually look like in everyday life?

✅ Is it okay to feel like giving up — and what do I do when I get there?

✅ How do I keep believing for a miracle when I've seen nothing for so long?

…then this is your episode.

What you'll learn:

→ Why going again — in prayer, in faith, in hope — is not desperation but biblical precedent, and how Elijah's seven trips to the summit reframe every season of unanswered prayer you've ever walked through.

→ What the faith zone is and how to stay anchored there — in the gap between what God has promised and what you can currently see — without losing hope or getting stuck in despair.

→ How to practically bring anxiety, discouragement, and the weight of waiting to God in prayer so you are not overwhelmed by what you cannot yet see.

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New here? Christine Caine is a speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and activist who has been serving the local church globally for over 30 years. She and her husband, Nick, founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign, which works at the local, domestic, and international level to end modern-day slavery. They also founded Equip & Empower, a ministry that is mobilizing people everywhere to live on mission for Jesus. Propel Women is an initiative of the ministry dedicated to coming alongside women around the globe to activate their God-given purpose. You can tune in to her weekly Equip and Empower Podcast to be encouraged by the hope of Jesus wherever you are. Christine holds a Master’s Degree in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College.

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Church hurt is something almost no one survives decades in the church without experiencing.
In this special joint episode of Praying Christian Women and Christian True Crime Junkies, Alana and Jaime have an honest, unscripted conversation about church scandal, spiritual abuse, and how to heal your faith when a pastor's moral failure—or a church's cover-up—leaves you wounded, even when you were far removed from where it happened.

Together they unpack why a pastor's affair can trigger a faith crisis in people who left the church years ago, why victims of clergy abuse are so often shunned while fallen leaders get protected, and what Gayle Haggard's memoir Why I Stayed reveals about loving the families caught in the wreckage. They get honest about the spectrum between a consensual affair and predatory abuse, why narcissists are so often drawn to ministry and church leadership, and the pattern of institutional and denominational failures—and cover-ups—that keeps surfacing across churches of every stripe.

Alana also shares her hard-won take on spiritual "premonitions"—the God-given instinct that something is off—and why she believes those warnings are a call to pray, not proof you failed to act. Grounded in Ezekiel 34:2, the conversation lands on a grace-filled but clear-eyed question every church faces: how do we protect the flock from spiritual abuse while still extending real grace to imperfect people?

Whether you're walking through church hurt right now, rebuilding after spiritual abuse, quietly deconstructing, or simply want to guard your heart against cynicism and bitterness, we hope this episode helps you grieve honestly, stay connected to God, and hold grace and wisdom in the very same hand.

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