In this episode, Rebecca Carrell, Liz Rodriguez, and Kate Downing dive into a powerful conversation about what it means to fight the fear of the world by growing in the fear of the Lord. As anxiety, uncertainty, and cultural pressure rise all around us, how do we respond with boldness, peace, and faith? The trio explores the difference between being paralyzed by fear and being anchored in reverence for a holy, sovereign God. Join them as they unpack Scripture, share personal stories, and encourage listeners to live courageously—not by denying fear, but by replacing it with something far greater.

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Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; X: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell

Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas



We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected].

In a culture that attaches worth to productivity, many of us live dangerously close to the brink of burnout. If you find yourself striving and straining and still coming up short, we recorded this conversation just for you. Jodi H. Grubbs sits down with Rebecca Carrell and Liz Rodriguez to talk about the art of being still and the spiritual renewal that God imparts through silence.

Find Jodi's latest book, Live Slowly: A Gentle Invitation to Exhale, HERE
Find Jodi online HERE

Find out more about Nika Spaulding here: https://www.nikaspaulding.com/
Find out more about Rebecca Carrell here: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/

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Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; X: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell

Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas



We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected].

In this episode, we welcome Rev. Dr. Laura B. Murray to explore the transformative power of Christian hospitality. Drawing on her deep theological insight and practical experience, Dr. Murray discusses how hospitality extends beyond social niceties to become a radical, countercultural expression of God’s love. She invites listeners to consider hospitality not as a mere act of hosting, but as a posture of the heart—one that creates space for the stranger, the marginalized, and the weary. Through Scripture, stories, and thoughtful reflection, this conversation challenges us to embody Christ’s welcome in our homes, churches, and daily lives.

See Rev. Dr. Laura's resources here: https://laurabmurray.com/

See Nika's resources here: https://www.nikaspaulding.com/

See Rebecca's resources here: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/

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Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; X: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell

Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas

We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected].

The Bible tells the story of the world, God's people, and God's plan to save the nations. The Old Testament tells the story of the birth, rise, fall, and partial redemption of Israel. The Gospels tell the story of Jesus. Acts through 3 John tells the story of the birth, rise, and spread of the Church. We are, right now, living between 3 John and Revelation. Pastor, author, and theologian J.T. English joins Nika Spaulding and Rebecca Carrell to talk about what it means to live into Scripture by remembering and rehearsing.

Resources and Recommendations:


The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story Find the book HERE. 
Listen to the Knowing Faith podcast HERE.
Learn more about Training the Church HERE.
Find J.T.'s book, Remember and Rehearse: An Invitation to Participate in God's Story HERE.

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Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; X: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell

Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas



We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected]. 

When did people believe that Jesus was God and what role did women play in the spread of the gospel? Dr. Sandra Glahn sits down with Rebecca Carrell and Nika Spaulding to talk about the mothers of the church and the various ways that men and women served together.

Resources: Find out more about Dr. Sandra Glahn here: https://sandraglahn.com/
Find out more about Nika Spaulding here: https://www.nikaspaulding.com/
Find out more about Rebecca Carrell here: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/

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Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; X: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell

Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas



We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected].

He denied Jesus after walking on water. He saw Christ transfigured on the mountain, but still suffered doubt. What can we learn from the Apostle to whom Jesus said, "And upon this rock I will build my church"? More than you might think, Join Rebecca Carrell and Nika Spaulding on this episode of Honestly, Though as they examine the life of Simon Peter.

Find the book And Upon This Rock, edited by Scot McKnight and Nika Spaulding here: https://www.amazon.com/Upon-This-Rock-Transformative-Foundational/dp/B0F4C8ZV9C

See Nika's resources here: https://www.nikaspaulding.com/

See Rebecca's resources here: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/

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Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; X: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell

Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas



We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected].

What made the God of Judaism so unusual in the ancient world? The same thing that makes the Christ of Christianity so unusual today—an everlasting, all-encompassing, never-failing love. But through the years, scholars and commentators have philosophized that Paul focuses more on justification and sanctification than love. Dr. Nijay Gupta, author and professor at Northern Seminary, argues that the love of Christ takes center stage in every one of Paul's writings and thus should take center stage in our lives.

Resources: Find Nijay's book, The Affections of Christ Jesus: Love at the Heart of Paul's Theology, HERE.

Find Nika's Resources: https://www.nikaspaulding.com/resources

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Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas



We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected].

In the New Testament alone, Jesus asked over 300 questions. In this episode of Honestly, Though, Nika Spaulding shares what she discovered when she studied all the questions in the Bible and how answering them shapes us.

Find Nika's Resources: https://www.nikaspaulding.com/resources

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Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; X: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell

Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas







Resources:


Find Robert Alter's The Art of Biblical Narrative HERE
Find Rachel Walter's Art HERE
Find the pancake recipe Rebecca used HERE

We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected].

Who are we, and how does that answer change when we become Christians? In this compelling conversation, pastor and podcaster Kyle Worley sits down with Rebecca Carrell and Nika Spaulding to discuss life's deepest questions and how they all find their "yes and amen" in Christ. To all who are lost or lonely, Kyle beckons you to come "Home with God."

Purchase Kyle's book, Home with God: Our Union with Christ HERE.
Learn more about Kyle's podcasts and projects HERE.

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Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: stjudeoakcliff.org ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas



We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected].

The key to wrapping your mind around and receiving God's everlasting love lies in understanding his triune nature. Nika Spaulding unpacks the mysterious notion of a three-in-one God and why that should change how we live, love, and worship.

Find Nika's Resources: https://www.nikaspaulding.com/resources

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Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ;  IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; X: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook Carrell

Liz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775

Nika Spaulding: https://www.nikaspaulding.com ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; X - @NikaAdidas



We have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at [email protected] or on Facebook: @TBStandridge